Supreme Court won't take up MyPillow head's defamation case
The Supreme Court says it wonโt intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.
Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms
The revelation earlier this week that federal prosecutors are involved in investigations of suspected voting system breaches across the U.S. is fueling questions about the security of voting machines just two months before the midterm elections.
Judge rules Dominion case can proceed against Trump allies
A federal judge has cleared the way for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell, allies of former President Donald Trump who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election.
Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trumpโs loyal supporters came together under the blazing sun in a field in Western Wisconsin to live in an alternate reality where the former president was still in office โ or would soon return.
Dominion Voting Systems sues 'MyPillow Guy' for $1.3 billion
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, against Lindell, the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)MINNEAPOLIS โ Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Mike Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. Dominion accuses Lindell of repeatedly telling what the lawsuit labels the โBig Lieโ that the company used its technology to steal the election from Trump. โThe Big Lie here is the big lie," Lindell said. โI'd love to go to court tomorrow with Dominion,โ Lindell said.
Trump repeats election claims in interviews, is unchallenged
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)NEW YORK โ In the first television interviews of his post-presidency, Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him 10 times โ each instance unprompted and unchallenged. Trump emerged this week for interviews with Fox News Channel, Newsmax and One America News Network tied to the death of Rush Limbaugh. Nearly a month after he left office, Trump drove his point home on each network:โ "The election was stolen," he told OANN's White House correspondent Jenn Pellegrino. Kelly referred to โPresident Trumpโ and โJoe Biden.โAdโA lot of people are in awe of you, and I am one of those people,โ Kelly told Trump. Trump fans weren't much interested in the trial, anyway, but during coverage of the second day of the impeachment managers' argument to convict Trump, Fox News Channel's audience was only 815,000, the Nielsen company said.
New videos falsely claim fraud in Detroit on 2020 election night
DETROIT โ Three months after the November 2020 election, new videos have emerged alleging fraud on election night in Detroit. This also comes nearly a month after Michigan officials announced a statewide audit of election results. The deadline, however, was when ballots needed to be turned into the clerk and not when they needed to be delivered. The statewide audit includes about 200 precincts and more than 18,000 ballots from across the state. AdA major topic in virtual gatherings this week of the National Association of Secretaries of State and National Association of State Election Directors is how to deal with voters who have lost faith in elections because of the misinformation surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEO
FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Twitter has permanently banned Lindells Twitter account after he continually perpetuated the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindellโs account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, Twitter has banned over 70,000 accounts for sharing misinformation. Trump, who had urged on the mob, has also had his account permanently suspended.
Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)NEW YORK โ The founder and CEO of MyPillow, who amplified President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud, said a backlash against his company has begun after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol this month. Lindell has continued to push bogus claims of election fraud since Trumpโs loss to President-elect Joe Biden in the presidential race. That has led people to flock to social media and put pressure on stores carrying MyPillow to drop the brand. โI stand for whatโs right,โ said Lindell, who created the MyPillow in 2004 and built the business in Chaska, Minnesota, southwest of Minneapolis. โIโm standing firm.โAside from the retail pressure, Lindell is also facing potential litigation from Dominion Voting Systems for his accusations that their voting machines played a role in election fraud.
Report: MyPillow CEO says Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohlโs will stop selling his companyโs products
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said retailers including Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohlโs are removing his companyโs products from their stores, according to a report from CNBC. Lindell has repeated false claims that President Donald Trump did not lose the election, according to the report. โI just got off the phone with Bed Bath & Beyond,โ Lindell said during an interview Monday evening with the Right Side Broadcasting Network, according to CNBC. โTheyโre scared. Like a Bed Bath & Beyond, theyโre scared.